Negroes Will Not Hang Just Yet in Missouri Case
Kansas Orry May 15. Pollard and Harris two condemned African Americans were granted a temporary stay after the Missouri Supreme Court affirmed death sentences. Judge Dobson issued a habeas corpus writ ordering a Saturday hearing on new or disputed indictments, perjury claims, and newly discovered evidence. Local reactions mixed as relatives brace for further court action.
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Pollard
Harris
State Eupreme Court
Stone
Dobson
State Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Criminal Court
Marshal Keshlein
Chicago
Prenst
Carter Harrison
Homer Judd Sentenced For Interstate Commerce Violations
Homer A. Judd, ex president of the Indian Rice Milling Co, pleaded guilty to four counts. He was fined 860 on the second count for reporting false weights. the free count covered conspiracy. Penalties on other counts to be filed at the November term of court.
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Homer Judd
Kansas City
Homer A. Judd
Indian Rice Milling Company
Phillips
Porter on trial for life in Nebraska murder case
May 15 Springview Nebraska report on Gerald A Porter facing the last juror in a murder trial. Key witness Mrs Woolfork, mother of Charles Woodfork, describes Porter seizing a horse dispute, a struggle, and the fatal shot to Charlie Woodfork. Porter claims vigilante stance, threatening to kill the lot. Also noted is a decomposed unknown man found in the Missouri River north of Daxon City.
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Springview
Neb
Gerald A. Porter Ia
Woolfork
Charles Woodfork
Porter
Woodfork
Forter
Charlie
Daxora City
Missouri River
Board dismisses Professor Norton at Peru normal school
The state board of education held its regular meeting to discuss the Peru normal school. A resolution was presented and adopted dismissing Professor Norton.
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Norton
Lincoln
State Board of Education
Peru
Advertised Bogus Money Captured at Jewel Junction
United States officials arrest D D Fuller at Jewel Junction Iowa for counterfeiting after decoy letters and a counterfeit coin exchange. Fuller, once fined for obscene mail, is taken to Fort Dodge for a hearing.
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Wenster City
United States
Jewel Junction
D.D. Fuller
Fort Dodge
Faller
Eartern
D. Faller
Fuller
Death of Henry Parker in India ANsPoLis
Henry C. Parker traffic manager of the Lake Yxie and Western railway died suddenly in India. He was a prominent railway official with decades of service. The death occurred on May 16. Further details were not immediately available.
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Henry Parker
India
Anspolis
Henry C. Parker
Lake Yxie and Western
Armour Strike Grows Serious at Armour Plant
Kansas City May 14. The Armour Packing company strike has escalated with seven hundred workers out, halving the plant’s force. Firemen’s 8 hour day demand sparked a walkout by 44, followed by 50 girls in tagg ing and trimming departments quitting. The company says layoffs shrink the workforce. unionists claim firings target supporters. A mass meeting in Kansas City Kansas planned to organize further action. Heavy rains across Kansas aided crops but caused damage in Great Bend and Sterling with hail and wind.
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Armonr Packing Company
Armour
Kan
Kansans
Kansas
Indian Territory
Great Bend
Sterling
Portured In Indian Territory Lashes and Bank Wreckers Indicted
In Indian Territory May 14 Austin Pusley a negro received 100 lashes and Joh Prola an intermarried white citizen 89 lashes for larceny and selling coal. The Choctaw sheriff applied the withering hickory as salt water washed the wounds. Bank wreckers indicted include George S Hartley of Arkansas City Kansas and T M Richardson Sr and Jr of Oklahoma City First National Bank plus Fred W Farr and Fred Gum.
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Indian Territory
Sourm McAllister
I. T
Austin Pusley
Joh Prola
Pusley
Prola
Percy
O. T
County
George 8. Hartley
First National Bank of
Arkansas City
Kan
First State Bank
T. M. Richardson
T. M. Richardson, Jr
Oklahoma City
Prize Fight Death Leads to Multiple Arrests
New York report says John J Walsh John Farr and Luke Bowen are held for trial on aiding and abetting the prize fight that cost Johnny Houlihan his life last week. Nolan the alleged killer is missing with rumors of delirium and poor prospects for recovery.
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New Errrary
Conn
John J. Walsh
John Farr
Luke Bowen
Johnny Houlihan
Nolan
President approves act deporting Cree Indians from Montana
Approved by the President the act provides for deportation of Canadian Cree Indians from Montana and their delivery to Canadian authorities. Minister Dun on a VAC ty San Francisco May 14 The United States minister to Japan Mr Dun arrived from Japan by steamer China. He is on a vacation and will visit his home in the east.
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Washington
Montana
Minister Dun
San Francisco
United States
Japan
Mr. Dun
China
State ticket named at Republican Convention in Iowa
Iowa Prohibitionists held their state convention in Des Moines with 800 delegates. J. A. Harvey of Perry chaired the session. the party nominated a state ticket and a new central committee, endorsing prohibition and woman suffrage and free coinage of gold and silver at 16 to 1.
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Iowa
J. A. Harvey
Perry
W. K. Brown
Story County
J. G. van Ness
Linn
Genevieve Fleming
Page
Pittsburg
Teller
Pues
St. Louis
Colorado
Walcott
California
Prohibitioniata
Stockton
Cal
Chauncey Dann
Sacramento
Tows Silverites
Drs Moines
Dubuque
Iowa Faces Large Deficit Theory From Overestimated Revenues
Des Moines on May 18 reports state officers estimate the next two years will show a large deficit due to overestimating potential revenues and the corresponding appropriations. Also noted are Loyal Legion officers elected in Des Moines, a fatal shooting in Granville, a severe storm in Sibley, the Mandamin hotel failure in Sioux City, and a notably small week-old baby in Ottumwa weighing two and a half pounds.
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Loyal Legion
Des Mores
Iowa
E. B. Soper
Emsmetsburg
G. L. Godfrey
Sam Mahon
Ottumwa
Charlea Dummiley
Register
J. 3. Alexander
Mahon
Charles W. Fracker
A. L. Frisbie
Orrumwa
Foster
Resolution calls for revoking Chartered Company charter
In Oars Town May 138, Mr Merriman moves to revoke the British South Africa Company charter. He argues the chief culprits are the Chartered company and its officers Rutherford Harris and Gardner Williams. He denounces prosecuting agents while principals escape accountability and cites Rhodesia's troop withdrawal amid the Johannesburg raid.
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Oars Town
House of Assembly
Merriman
British South Africa Company
Chartered Company
Rutherford Harris
South Africa Chartered Company
Mr. Merriman
Gardner Williams
DeBoers
Johannesburg
Rhodesia
Advices From the Orient and Other Global Briefs
San Francisco reports the China from Yokohama and Hong Kong is docked after quarantine, with no unusual fatalities. Coreans revolt rumored. Seoul to host an American railroad contract with 15 year operation, then possible state takeover. Japanese influence shifts to Russia as Americans and Chinese dominate Corean commerce. Havana notes Admiral Navarro to trial of the filibuster schooner Competitor and five condemned men. Rio de Janeiro records student disturbances at the Polytechnic. Wheatland Wy publishes crop acreage: Wheat 5110, oats 3835, potatoes 745, corn 450, beans 170, barley 100, alfalfa 840, total 11150 acres. Rotterdam reports Dockery strike grows violent. civic guard and marines deployed. Sonpoy and Chamberlain clash over Kruger's sentences. Beale’s column defeats Matabeles at Moyence. Forty arrested for lese majeste in Frankfort. Mrs Kruger gravely ill in Pretoria.
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China
Yokohama
Hong Kong
Seoul
Ninsen
Corea
Rusaia
Wheatland Colony
Wheatland, Wy
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